WorldQuant's Blog

By Igor Tulchinsky
Many investors rely on traditional research to drive their investment decisions, diving deep into the financial histories and management practices of a relatively small number of companies. As long as such research is able to derive unique insight/an advantage, the best practitioners of this rigorous, time-tested and time-intensive discipline will continue to earn above-market returns.
But by some estimates, seventy percent of total trade volume is now driven and executed...